Measurement Invariance of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scales Across Italian and Belarusian Students

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-80

  Sirigatti, Saulo ^a   Penzo, Ilaria ^a   Iani, Luca ^a   Mazzeschi, Annamaria ^b   Hatalskaja, Halina ^c   Giannetti, Enrichetta ^d   Stefanile, Cristina ^d  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FRANCISK SKORINA GOMEL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural; Eudaimonic well being; Flourishing; Structural invariance

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT;

EID: 84879695591     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0082-0     Document Type: Article

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